Sanitary dispensing-receptacle



- 5.1. BENEDICT.

SANITARY DISPENSING RECEPTACLE.-

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 2. 1915.

Patented Aug. 22, 1916.

V 5 51 I 4a affozucq usual construction.

EMORY J. BENEDICT, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

SANITARY DISPENSING-RECEPT-ACLE.

Specification of Letters Batent.

Patented Aug. 22, 1916.

Application filed November 2, 1915. Serial No. 59,186.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMORY J. BENEDICT, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Dispensing-Receptacles,

of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to an improved sanitary dispensing receptacle, one

sect proof, thus producing a very useful and practical article.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a side elevation of the .receptacle the mouth end being in section, and the cap also being in section with its closure in the position it assumes when the receptacle isin an upright position. Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the cap. Fig. 3 is a sectional view illustrating the closure in the open position. Referring to the drawings, the numeral 5 designates the receptacle, here shown as a glass jar, butit is to be understood that it may be made of any material that will be sanitary, and permit of it being readily washed, such receptacle being provided with the wide exteriorly threaded mouth 6, of The cap 7 is made somewhat similar to a jar cap, and fits over the mouth 6 with a gasket/8 interposed to provide a tight joint. By this means the cap may be removed at will to permit of the filling of the receptacle and also the cleaning thereof. I

Mounted in the cap and bodily carried thereby is the inclined spout tube 9, which, however, may be struck from the body of the cap, or be a separate short tube with its ends inclined, as illustrated. The ends of. the tube 9 as illustrated project beyond the respective faces of the cap. Also carried by the cap at a point adjacent to the center is the tube 10, which provides a vent opening to the ,cap, while it also provides a passageway for the gravity actuating member, as will presently appear. Provided through the cap are two pair of openings 11, in which are mounted the two hinging rings 12, which loosely fit in the openings 13 of the closure or flap 14, so that the closure or flap may assume the various positions as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3. Also formed in the flap 14 is an opening 15, in Which is detachably mounted the threaded end of the curved rod 16, which has mounted upon its inner end the'removable weightli', which is a cylindrical member of greater diameter than the opening of the tube 10, so that should the receptacle be turned completely upside down, the weight will, not permit the flap closure to swin too far away from the cap. It will thus be seen that the weight will automatically move the flap into 'open or closed position as illustrated, and thus render it unnecessaryfor the operator to touch the flap closure while dispensing cream, milk, syrup,

sugar or the like. The nut 18 is designed to lock the rod 16 upon the closure flap 14 and also to prevent the rod from rotating, which rod is positioned to hold the weight 18 away from the spout tube 9 at all times. The vent tube 10 may be struck from the cap ,7, where found desirable, its outer face being in a plane with the outer face of the spout tube 9, so that when the flap closure 14 assumes the position as shown in Fig. 1, both openings of the tubes 9 and 10 are sealed. By hinging the flap closure as indicated, it will always project far enough away from the outlet'of the spout tube 9, to not interfere with the flow of the material dispensed, thus preventing-such material adhering to the same, and making it gummy and dirty.

By thisconstruction a very neat sanitary receptacle with a gravity actuated closure .is provided.

What I claim, as new, 'is:' 1. A cap for dispensing receptacles having formed therein two raised outlets, one forming a spout and the other a vent, a flap closure for both outlets hingedly connected to the cap, a rod connected to the flap closure and projecting through the vent outlet, and a weight connected to the rod at the opposite side of the cap to the flap closure.

2. A cap for dispensing receptacles having two outlet openings, one 'forminga spout and the other a vent, a flap closure for both outlets, a plurality of rings mounted in the cap and loosely connected to the flap closure to form hinging elements for the closure, a rod connected to the closure and projecting through the vent, and a weight mounted upon the rod and disposed upon the opposite side of the cap to the flap closure. V

3. A cap'for detachable connection with a container comprising a body having a fiat top provided with a plurality of holes, a flap loosely connected with the fiat top and adapted to normally close the holes and also to automatically gravitate to open position on inverting the cap, and a weighted rod connected to the flap and projecting through one of the holes to form a guiding means, the Weighted portion of therod being of a size greater than the size of the hole through which said rod works to limit the swinging movement of the flap in one direction.

4. A cap for dispensing receptacles having formed therein openings, a flap closure for both openings hingedly connected to the cap, a rod carried by the closure and working through one of the openings, and a weight mounted on the rod for effecting the swinging of the closure to open or closed positions.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

' EMORY J. BENEDICT. 

